Surgical or operating pad or cushion.



No. 763,304. PATENTED J NE 21; 1904. '0. W. MEINEGKE & 1). HOGAN.

SURGICAL 0B. OPERATING PAD OR CUSHION. APPLICATION FILED JAN. a, 1903.no Menu. 2 snsms-snntr 1.

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- No. 763,304. PATBNTED JUNE 21,1904.

0. W. MEI NEGKE & D. HOGAN. SURGICAL 0R OPERATING PAD OR OUSHIQN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1903.

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' ATTORNEY N0. 763,304. Patented June 21, 1904.

.UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

CHRISTIAN I/VILLIAM MEINEOKE, OF JERSEY CITY, AND DANIEL HOGAN, OFHOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO 'MEINECKE & 00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ACORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SURGICAL OR OPERATING PAD OR CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,304, dated June 21,1904.

Application filed January 3, 1903. Serial No. 187,724. (No model.)

To whom it y concern: When lying on the back, the pressure, or at Be itknown that we, CHRISTIAN I/VILLIAM any rate the greater part of thepressure, comes 5 MEINEOKE, residing at Jersey City, and DAN- againstsuch back of the patient, and when IEL HOGAN, residing at Hoboken, inthe county lying on the side the pressure of the rim or of Hudson andState of New Jersey, both citicushion is brought to hear at a pointbetween zone of the United States, have invented new hip and ribs. Thepatient being rendered as and useful Improvements in Surgical orOpcomfortable as possible, the work of a nurse 55 crating Pads orCushions, of which the folor attendant is correspondinglylightened andlowing is a specification. the mattress, linen, or bedding is protectedor This invention relates to a pad applicable for soiling prevented.

use upon an operating table, chair, or bed, The cushion shown is of theinflatable kind and which pad is adapted to prevent escape of withnipple cl; but of course any suitable 60 liquids and can be readilycleaned. cushion is included in the invention.

This invention is set forth in the following A device as just describedwithout any conspecification and claims and illustrated in the tinuousoutlet is useful in cases of incontiannexed drawings, in which nenee orfor comparatively small operations,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pad emas for piles or strictures,where no extensive 5 bodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectiondouching is required. After such minor opalong a .1 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asection along erations such pad can be emptied and cleaned. 1 y, Fig. 1.Fig. 4 shows the article reversed In more extended operations, however,an or turned inside out. Fig. 5 shows a modifioutlete is of service. Anoutlet in funnel or cation. Fig. 6 shows a further modification. sleeveshape has been found practical. Such 7 Fig. 7 is a section along .2,Fig. 6. Fig.8 funnel communicating with the pad-bottom shows amodification. and being attached thereto about its entire in- In thedrawings is shown a pad comprising let end or mouth, no leak, overflow,or escape a bottom a and a cushion 5, extended about can occur exceptthrough such outlet. The the bottom. This bottom is of such size andperson or clothes of the operator or attendant 75 so connected with thecushion as to form a are thus secure against soiling. In Figs. 1 creaseor extension at a. A gusset suitably and 5 the cushion is shown extendedentirely applied will form such enlargement and serve about the bottom;but, if desired, the closure to form a connection between the bottom andat the front or outlet end of the pad can be the cushion. By means ofthis crease or slack formed by a ridge or strip made separate 80 a thecushion can also be turned or twisted from the cushion-body. The outletor sleeve so that the article, as it might be described, when madefunnel shape or tapered can be is reversed or turned inside out. Thecrease readily turned inside out with the pad when (0 thus has itsinside or every part thereof required. brought to exposed position, andthorough A clamp f or other form of closure can be 5 cleaning orscrubbing is made possible. applied for outflow from the pad to beretained By means of suitable attaching portions, in the outlet orsleeve, or the exit-mouth of 4 such as gromets or laps c, the device canbe the latter can be left open and lead into asuittied or secured so asnot to shift or become able pail or receptacle. deranged when in use orunder a patient. The cushion can have suitable shapes or out- 9 l/Yhenlaid across, say, the center portion of lines. A rectangular orround-cornered dea bed and securely fastened, for example, to vice hasbeen found salable; but a pear-shape the side rails, the device willremain in fixed or other contour can also be supplied as calledposition, with the bottom smooth and the infor. flated rim or cushionaccommodating or sup- The nipple (Z is preferably applied at a pointporting the patient without discomfort. where it will not touch orinconvenience the uscr say at the frontso as to be between the legs whena person lies back down on the article.

Adevice such as above described possesses advantages, as its crease orextended bottom gives liberal capacity and allows reversing or effectivecleaning, and no fluid or contents are liable to run off the cushiononto the bed or table.

In speaking of the article as being reversible it may be noted that, ifdesired, such pad can be used on either sidethat is, when turned insideout or not i't' at any time it should be desired to do so.

An outlet or extension from the bottom in form of an apron or gutter, asseen in Figs. 6 and 8, has also been found practicable. By having thebottom of the gutter continued from or made in one piece with thepad-bottom and having the edges c of the gutter lapped over and securedor cemented at their junction with the ends or shank portions of thecushion such turned-up edges form a trough or prevent matter running offlaterally and causing annoyance or soiling. The apron portion is shownwith eyelets or connections r in the edge portions, and by hooking,buttoning, or pinning opposite eyelets or attaching portions to oneanother, as by a collarbutton, safety-pin, hook and eye, or the like,the lower or free end portions of the apron can be close orapproximately so, to form a somewhat hose or funnel shape, givingfurther security against lateral escape.

The bottom, with its gusset or extension, can be formed of one piece orof several pieces, as may be found advantageous in manufacturing.

What we claim as new, and. desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pad comprising a cushion and a bottom the latter having a foldportion secured to the cushion, said cushion when reversed causing thefold to be straightened.

2. A pad comprising a bottom and a cushion extended about the bottom,the latter having a fold extended outward underneath the cushion t'orgiving enlarged capacity.

3. Apad comprisinga bottom and a cushion extended about the bottom, thebottom having a fold extended outward underneath the cushion for givingenlarged capacity, and a conduit permanently secured to the pad-bottomfor carrying 011' the contents, said fold being continued along theconduit to form a rim or give the same a trough shape.

4. A pad comprising a bottom with an extended portion and a cushionextended about the bottom, the bottom having a fold connection with thecushion to give enlarged capacity at the bottom and said fold beingcontinued beyond the pad proper to give a trough shape or rim to thesaid extended portion.

5. A pad comprising a bottom with an exextended portion, and a cushionextended about the bottom at three sides, said bottom having its edgesprovided with a fold to give increased capacity and to form a rim.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set ourhands in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN WILLIAM llllllNllCKE. DANIEL HOGAN. Witnesses:

E. F. KAsTENnUnER, CHAS. E. POENSGEN.

